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The Egyptian Book of the dead

CHAPTER XXV.

Project Gutenberg EPUB edition Renouf, P. Le Page (Peter Le Page) and Naville, Edouard
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Chapter whereby a person remembereth his name in the Netherworld.
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Let my name be given to me in the Great House. Let me remember my name in the House of Flame(1) on the Night wherein the Years are counted and the Months are reckoned, one by one.
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I am He who dwelleth in Heaven, and who sitteth on the Eastern side of Heaven: and if there be any god who cometh not in my train, I utter his name at once.
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1. Every Egyptian Temple being symbolical of Heaven, had its Great House and its House of Flame , as most sacred adyta at the extremity opposite to the entrance. The former occupied the central position, like the Ladye Chapel in our cathedrals, and the latter stood by the side of it.

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CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXVI.